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Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [Tesco plc]

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FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser: Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
                                                                    
N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
                                                                    
Tesco plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
                                                                    
26h October 2017
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
    
YES / NO / N/A
If YES, specify which:
Booker Group plc

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

 
5p ordinary
 

 
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 22,996,301 0.2808 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 
36,233,024 0.4424 22,938,975 0.2801
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 24,996,000 0.3052 9,996,000 0.1221
 

     TOTAL:
84,225,325 1.0284 32,934,975 0.4021

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security Purchase/sale

 
Number of securities Price per unit
5p ordinary Purchase 30,600 1.8568
5p ordinary Purchase 33,600 1.8568

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities Price per unit
(GBP)
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a short position 59,382 1.8614
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a short position 35,365 1.8546
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a short position 38,335 1.8513
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a short position 37,185 1.8492
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a short position 17,649 1.8536
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a short position 28,876 1.8605
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 25,789 1.8603
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 500,165 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 260,729 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 417,463 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 676,572 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 982,760 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 606,129 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 90,669 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 146,992 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 211,970 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 130,731 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 37,940 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 113,427 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 18,614 1.8531
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 62,894 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 198,812 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing a long position 122,747 1.8500
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 151,921 1.8531

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 759 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 821 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 400 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 435 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 670 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 727 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 1,158 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 1,069 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 974 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 1,685 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 1,056 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 1,550 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 146 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 233 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 158 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 251 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 211 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 362 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 227 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 336 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 97 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 66 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 61 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 182 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 196 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 105 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 340 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 314 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 213 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0325
5p ordinary Call option Purchasing 198 1.95 American 19/01/2019 0.0375

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
         

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details Price per unit (if applicable)
       

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 

None

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 

None

 

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES/NO

Date of disclosure:
27th October 2017
Contact name:
Matthew Irwin

 
Telephone number:
02071447255

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure: Man Group Plc
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates: Tesco plc

2.         STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Written or purchased Number of securities to which option or derivative relates Exercise price per unit Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 1,580.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 835.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 1,397.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 2,227.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 2,030.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 3,235.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 304.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 484.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 438.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 698.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 378.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 127.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 202.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 411.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 654.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Put Option Written 2,968.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 2,968.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 4,312.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 4,312.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 645.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 645.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 930.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 930.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 269.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 269.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 872.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 872.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 2,968.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 2,968.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 4,312.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 4,312.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 645.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 645.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 930.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 930.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 269.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 269.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 872.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 872.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
 

 

 

 

 

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.




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The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Man Group PLC via Globenewswire

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